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[@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/twitter/ChrisO_wiki)
"1/ Russian troops on the Dnipro delta islands are dying of starvation according to Russian warbloggers. They say that swarms of Ukrainian drones have caused extreme logistical difficulties leading to soldiers being cut off for months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1977670743405285427) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-13T09:40Z 233.4K followers, 118K engagements


"5/ He was placed in the assault detachment of the 36th Motorized Rifle Regiment (military unit 12274) which was located in the Lyman area north-east of Sloviansk. According to Gorkov's mother he was sent on a mission to a Ukrainian-held settlement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978876209418449283) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T17:30Z 233.4K followers, 6120 engagements


"8/ Geely says that it is updating the software in its cars to allow them to run on lower-quality fuel. Valko says that this will only be of limited benefit: "If you downgrade a car's software to allow it to burn lower-quality gasoline such as AI-92 then that might help.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978894735545598212) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T18:44Z 233.4K followers, 12.1K engagements


"This seems like a very probable scenario. Time for another delegation of European leaders to go to Washington and tell Trump he's being played again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978910505570836577) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T19:46Z 233.4K followers, 23.5K engagements


"Who's going to explain to Waltz what he's just said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978933061560471622) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T21:16Z 233.4K followers, 108.6K engagements


"The extent of the scam industry in Cambodia has to be seen to be believed. At least 100000 people are estimated to be held in virtual slavery by the scammers. 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978460700704973225) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T13:59Z 233.4K followers, 44.6K engagements


"1/ Large numbers of elderly Russian men are being attracted by fat recruitment bonuses to join the war in Ukraine for the financial benefit of their families. "I've lived my life we'll get an apartment for my son now so what if I get killed" asks one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498606656057720) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 197K engagements


"1/ A Russian soldier and his comrades were tied to trees to be 'sacrificed to Baba Yaga' as a punishment for refusing a suicidal order to fake the capture of a village after many other men had died while attempting to achieve the same objective"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978876198361924035) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T17:30Z 233.4K followers, 80.4K engagements


"3/ According to Geely the gasoline sold in Russia contains higher levels of oxidants than Chinese gasoline which is causing the failures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978894723801645118) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T18:44Z 233.4K followers, 7124 engagements


"7/ "This happened before at some gas stations in the late 2000s and early 2010s. You could fill up and immediately head to a service station for repairs. Now unfortunately we could be back to that same situation.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978894733226197011) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T18:44Z 233.4K followers, 5965 engagements


"@micah_erfan Breaking news: Trump gives up on Canada annexes Australia instead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979234255696785902) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-17T17:13Z 233.4K followers, 36.1K engagements


"Wonder if this counts as having a relationship with a subordinate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979248261991960751) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-17T18:08Z 233.4K followers, 12.4K engagements


"9/ Many Russian soldiers have been filmed shooting or grenading themselves. They are reportedly told that they will face endless torture if captured by the 'Ukrainian Nazis'. They are also legally forbidden from surrendering and face a lengthy prison sentence if they do so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979267164889833511) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-17T19:23Z 233.4K followers, 10.8K engagements


"Big Undetectable Fat Fella"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979343446889631780) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-18T00:27Z 233.4K followers, 17.5K engagements


"Armoured bears are fictional but armoured Russian combat donkeys are very real Source:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979504339866775628) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-18T11:06Z 233.4K followers, 38.2K engagements


"If nothing else this shows that the Russians are absolutely aiming to lead MAGA types around by the nose"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979579999956185312) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-18T16:07Z 233.4K followers, 35K engagements


"It was a very good buoy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979958684324380880) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-19T17:11Z 233.4K followers, 31.1K engagements


"1/ The Russian warblogger Maxim Kalashnikov says that on parts of the front line the ratio of killed and wounded is "almost 1:1 already". His friend Yuri Yevich blames Ukrainian drones for preventing evacuations at any time of the day or night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979981855228133860) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-19T18:43Z 233.4K followers, 32.6K engagements


"1/ The question of why Russians aren't flocking to fight in the war in Ukraine is continuing to exercise Russian warbloggers. 'LIVE Z' highlights the devastating effect that indefinite military service is having on family life which he says is a "defining issue""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1976953765598314982) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-11T10:11Z 233.4K followers, 21.5K engagements


"5/ "But now I'm trying to calm them down because the situation is so frightening that if we start talking about it like that especially with emotion our listeners will completely lose all logic and the ability to take action you know what that's like""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979981863411163415) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-19T18:43Z 233.4K followers, 3479 engagements


"11/ Alrosa has an unusual history. Commissioned in December 1990 it was part of the Black Sea Fleet but its crew swore allegiance to Ukraine in 1992 after the Soviet Union was dissolved. However it was transferred to Russia in 1997 after an agreement betwee the countries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1931031975143350652) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-06-06T16:54Z 233.4K followers, 17.7K engagements


"12/ The boat was sponsored by the Russian diamond mining company Alrosa which promotes military service to youths from Yakutia as an alternative to crime drugs and alcoholism. It's reputed to be the world's only combat submarine named after a company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1931031977408241706) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-06-06T16:54Z 233.4K followers, 17.1K engagements


"13/ However Alrosa has been plagued by technical problems for years. It is the only remaining original Kilo-class submarine (Project 877) boat in the Black Sea Fleet and uses an unusual pump-jet propulsion system rather than a conventional propeller. /end"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1931031979174109302) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-06-06T16:54Z 233.4K followers, 21.2K engagements


"2/ Warblogger Alex Kartavykh has written a commentary on why Russian civilians are increasingly wary of signing military contracts despite very lucrative salaries and bonuses. The reasons why seem to be escaping those responsible for recruitment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975617577130029552) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-07T17:41Z 233.4K followers, 19K engagements


"Not sure Buenos Aires' answer to Ozzie Osbourne is going to crash the charts any time soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975860599562092882) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-08T09:47Z 233.4K followers, 16K engagements


"It's wild that the chemtrails conspiracy theory is now the official policy of the Florida state government"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975962722916597788) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-08T16:33Z 233.4K followers, 37.8K engagements


"1/ A Russian soldier has described how he was ordered by a drunken colonel to shoot his own comrades for retreating from a battle near Klishchiivka in eastern Ukraine. His account highlights the Russian practice of executing soldiers to encourage them not to retreat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975970922428526833) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-08T17:05Z 233.4K followers, 154.5K engagements


"5/ A Russian soldier writes about "the current reality of the Dobropillia salient": "1) reinforcements from marginalised individuals aged 50+ are physically incapable of walking XX km in armour fleeing from FPV drones and carrying supplies to the forward groups in backpacks;""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1976637568193298839) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-10T13:14Z 233.4K followers, 3754 engagements


"8/ "3) small group tactics require a huge number of Mavic 3/3T drones and DMR radios; these are precisely the positions allocated by the state for self-sufficiency by military personnel (obtain it from anywhere) i.e. you have to buy them yourself at your own expense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1976637575919005768) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-10T13:14Z 233.4K followers, 3682 engagements


"1/ Russian Railways is reported to have faked a Ukrainian attack to cover up its own culpability for a fatal derailment in the Leningrad region in September 2025 caused when a locomotive was ordered to be driven at over twice the permitted line speed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1976683642941227495) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-10T16:18Z 233.4K followers, 189K engagements


"1/ Russian soldiers are stopped from retreating by the use of blocking units which threaten or if necessary shoot retreaters to discourage others. This is risky work for the blockers too as the story of a soldier named Ivan call sign 'Angel' shows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1976707757131939955) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-10T17:53Z 233.4K followers, 344.6K engagements


"3/ Ivan's widow Eva says that he was involved in evacuating the wounded and spent two days bringing a seriously injured colleague from the front line. He was then ordered to go back on combat duty but refused because he was exhausted and went to sleep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1976707761779228841) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-10T17:53Z 233.4K followers, 32.7K engagements


"Someone with inside knowledge of Trump's decision to impose XXX% tariffs on China made $XXX million off the announcement yesterday. 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1977091011257287073) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-11T19:16Z 233.4K followers, 21.4K engagements


"3/ "According to my information our security forces/intelligence agencies are monitoring approximately 70-80 cases"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1977302268983833086) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-12T09:16Z 233.4K followers, 9243 engagements


"4/ "The legal charges against these individuals include: false or distorted information about the state of affairs at the front/economic level discrediting the armed forces (real discrediting meaning deliberate lies and fabrications) theft of humanitarian aid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1977302270732824607) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-12T09:16Z 233.4K followers, 9305 engagements


"1/ The recent destruction of a Russian column at Volodymyrivka has prompted strong reactions from Russian warbloggers. Some claim the attack to have been successful despite the losses; others castigate commanders for sacrificing lives and vehicles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1977766987666280717) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-13T16:02Z 233.4K followers, 57.3K engagements


"3/ Ukraine's incursion in the Kursk region in August 2024 galvanised enlistment according to staff at one Moscow recruitment office. They say that lines began forming at the office after the incursion with XXX people a day queuing to sign up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498612679078057) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 20K engagements


"4/ Moscow's regional government says that new recruits will earn XXX million rubles ($66200) in their first year. It's more money than most of them have ever had at any one time in their lives. Many are retirees who arrive with their families to see them off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498614985945111) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 19.9K engagements


"25/ "I believe we must take Odesa and then we'll see if God is with us and helping us.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498734506832122) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 7813 engagements


"26/ The new recruits are formally hired by utility companies owned by the Moscow regional government to ensure that they receive additional regional payments of 50000 on top of their regular military salary plus a X million ruble bonus payment from Moscow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498772456894943) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 8146 engagements


"Folks any idea what this amphibious and apparently tracked Russian vehicle is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978570243250262310) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T21:14Z 233.4K followers, 25.5K engagements


"19/ Despite this refusal and promises of leniency he was returned to his company in his original regiment. "They gave me a slap in the face i.e. a beating for being AWOL and they said they'd shoot me as soon as they got the chance.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978743600914608499) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T08:43Z 233.4K followers, 2849 engagements


"@SpencerHakimian Once again forget what black letter law says. The law doesn't exist any more. The only thing that matters now is what a majority of the Supreme Court will permit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978823729342820619) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T14:01Z 233.4K followers, 2964 engagements


"2/ 'No Retouching' which is run by a Russian soldier fighting in the Sumy region writes: "From personal experience I'd like to tell you a little about our North Korean brothers:""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978831119526076597) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T14:31Z 233.4K followers, 1547 engagements


"3/ "Important to know: they're seriously hooked on TikTok love Wildberries Russian Amazon equivalent (they've ordered all sorts of useless crap through us) are completely obsessed with the Lada Vesta and have developed a love for shawarma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978831121711313192) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T14:31Z 233.4K followers, 1529 engagements


"10 years old to the day and still possibly the most persistently relevant thing ever posted to Twitter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978858919536501153) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T16:21Z 233.4K followers, 26.9K engagements


"1/ The Russian army's notorious 'meat assaults' are ultimately the fault of training establishments sending unprepared soldiers to the front line according to an interesting (though not entirely persuasive) commentary by a serving Russian soldier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978863953858965881) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T16:41Z 233.4K followers, 16.9K engagements


"TACO Thursday indeed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978888494647763375) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T18:19Z 233.4K followers, 26.4K engagements


"2/ Dozens of Chinese-made Geely cars are reported to have broken down after filling up with some owners losing control while driving due to contaminated gasoline killing their engines. Geely Motors say that it's due to the deteriorating quality of Russian gasoline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978894722090324204) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T18:44Z 233.4K followers, 7357 engagements


"An extraordinary story about how a disgraced American QAnon cultist recently sparked violent clashes in Syria 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978922916797427953) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T20:36Z 233.4K followers, 19.4K engagements


"They're not sending their best these days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978932304115331451) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T21:13Z 233.4K followers, 21K engagements


"@johnkonrad It's nonsense. Obama isn't in London at the moment. The video is from March 2024 when Rishi Sunak was Prime Minister"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978944751937245193) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T22:02Z 233.4K followers, XXX engagements


"@johnkonrad It seems to have been copied from here. Please don't regurgitate disinformation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978946325308756363) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T22:09Z 233.4K followers, XXX engagements


"@yashar I call bullshit: "indistinguishable from an ordinary American flag to the naked eye". It's pretty damn visible to the naked eye"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978950475383771276) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T22:25Z 233.4K followers, 2421 engagements


"@cooperp51 @johnkonrad You can literally watch the original March 2024 video at the link I gave above"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979174225664455004) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-17T13:14Z 233.4K followers, XX engagements


"@volcaholic1 Wow There's a lot of energy going into that. I remember the fountains at Fagradalsfjall in Iceland but I don't think they were ever that tall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1979500239674298518) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-18T10:50Z 233.4K followers, XXX engagements


"1/ Russian troops have repeatedly been seen advancing into assaults on crutches or canes or even in wheelchairs being used as 'meat probes' against Ukrainian defences. This thread compiles filmed instances of Russian 'cripple battalions' being used in Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1916437398331806136) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-04-27T10:20Z 233.4K followers, 464.5K engagements


"No sooner does the world's highest bridge open (625m / 2050 ft) than people start bungee-jumping off it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975561736418959777) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-07T13:59Z 233.4K followers, 38.2K engagements


"1/ Recruitment to fight in Ukraine is drying up to the rate of "a teaspoon a day" despite very generous salaries and bonuses according to a Russian government official. Thousands of Russian Telegram users have responded to explain why they don't want to join the army"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975617573946585577) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-07T17:41Z 233.4K followers, 138.3K engagements


"If I ever go to India I'm never going to travel by bus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975660220694118855) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-07T20:31Z 233.4K followers, 71K engagements


"The Big Multicam One Eating Private Ryan A Burger Too Far"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975895140234658091) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-08T12:04Z 233.4K followers, 35.2K engagements


"7/ (those who are close to the line of contact but avoid missions simply sitting in basements and wooded areas with their radios turned off);"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1976637573335519375) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-10T13:14Z 233.4K followers, 3660 engagements


"7/ "According to the speedometer readings the locomotive that derailed while permitted XX km/h was traveling at XXX km/h. It's no surprise that the locomotive veered off the track and overturned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1976683660498583669) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-10T16:18Z 233.4K followers, 6343 engagements


"2/ The independent Russian media outlet Verstka reports that men over XX from all over Russia are travelling to Moscow to join the army there enticed by what have until recently been the highest military recruitment salaries in Russia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498610024083828) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 20.2K engagements


"12/ And then they ask you: 'Want to play another game' There's a non-zero chance it won't go well. But you'll also have money a profession status respect and the attention of society. And their eyes light up.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498635164742031) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 12.5K engagements


"13/ Many see military service as the only way out of a life of low-paid drudgery. As Ivan a fitter says "salaries in Russia are low. You're educated well-read and you work but you have no money. If I had a peacetime salary of 200000 rubles I wouldn't go to war.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498637551346044) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 12.5K engagements


"17/ Childcare responsibilities don't seem to worry them. A mother of a one-year-old and three-year-old replies when asked about them: "They're fine. They'll stay with their grandmother and father.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498646397088227) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 9662 engagements


"18/ Many people with criminal records are continuing to sign up as well as those awaiting trial. The attraction for both groups is that military service will result in a pardon opening up new opportunities for their children and family members"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978498648867532842) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-15T16:30Z 233.4K followers, 9357 engagements


"1/ A Russian soldier has spoken of how his entire battalion was wiped out at the hands of a perpetually drunken commander who sent men unarmed and unsupported into assaults. He says his unit was in disarray with routine beatings alcohol and drug use and extortion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978743561572024403) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T08:43Z 233.4K followers, 63.2K engagements


"20/ Putyatov deserted again on XX October 2025 for fear of his life. He now says he won't serve either in the regiment or continue to fight in the war and will accept a lengthy term of imprisonment. He mourns his lost civilian life:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978743603028500546) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T08:43Z 233.4K followers, 8328 engagements


"1/ Russian warbloggers have provided further evidence of North Korean soldiers continuing to be engaged in the war against Ukraine. The North Koreans are reported to be addicted to TikTok online shopping Ladas and shawarma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978831116925542535) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T14:31Z 233.4K followers, 21.9K engagements


"The only question now is what kind of idiocy or fuckery is going to come out of this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978847783634260396) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T15:37Z 233.4K followers, 18.1K engagements


"The results of persistent drone surveillance presumably. But how well will this hold up when the bad weather comes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1978862310765502866) [@ChrisO_wiki](/creator/x/ChrisO_wiki) 2025-10-16T16:35Z 233.4K followers, 28.7K engagements


"2/ Ilya Sergeyevich Gorkov and three other colleagues were tied to trees for four days with "no food no water nothing and they wont take us anywhere to the toilet." They were told: "You'll die here under a kamikaze drone or under artillery fire.""  
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"3/ The Russian army has used 'tree punishments' frequently (see the thread below). The practice has been dubbed 'sacrificing to Baba Yaga' after the nickname for the Ukrainian bomber drones which have caused many Russian casualties"  
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"6/ Gorkov and his comrades were ordered to take a photo with a Russian flag near a prominent building in the settlement (probably a town hall or house of culture). Flag-raising videos are a regular feature of Russian propaganda"  
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"1/ Chinese-made cars are choking and dying on fraudulently diluted Russian gasoline which an increasing number of gas stations are selling as the country's fuel shortage worsens"  
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"It's like one of those bleak 19th century Russian novels where everything and everyone is terrible 👇"  
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"A missile launch setting an aircraft on fire seems a bit unusual 🤔"  
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"Leave aside ideology. What comes across here is how effective Mamdani is as a public speaker. Public speaking is something of a lost art today certainly compared to how it was in the 19th and 20th centuries"  
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"1/ Russian political officers responsible for maintaining the morale of the Russian army's troops are handing out instructions to their men advising them on the best ways of committing suicide"  
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"8/ The leaflets are presumably being issued through the GVPU (the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces) and printed locally by political officers for distribution to the troops"  
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"Aeroflot needless to say"  
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"Can you imagine And yet here we are"  
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"@simongerman600 It does make you wonder why evolution hasn't produced a wheeled lifeform yet if it's that efficient"  
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"8/ "The engineer certainly violated regulations but he didn't act on his own initiativethe order to "expedite delivery" came from above. According to the documents the engineer is an experienced driver-instructor for locomotive crews at the St. Petersburg Warsaw Depot"  
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"4/ In a video recorded before his death Ivan says: "I've been here for over two days now. It's been three days since I've slept. I've had no strength at all. We get here and the order is to get on motorcycles and move on . And I say I'm going to rest.""  
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"1/ Russia is reportedly preparing to carry out a "sanitisation of the state" to purge "officials military personnel and members of the media and public" who are suspected of undermining the war against Ukraine"  
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"1/ A Russian soldier has recorded a video in advance of his own anticipated murder speaking about how his commander has executed and buried other members of his unit as well as hoarding aid meant for the soldiers. The speaker has since disappeared and is now likely dead too"  
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"How not to disguise the identity of your witness"  
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"1/ Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin isn't impressed with Russia's meatgrinder tactics and warns that the Ukrainians are becoming relatively stronger despite Russia's ongoing attacks. He warns that a full mobilisation is becoming inevitable and wants to see change in the high command"  
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"I'm genuinely curious about how this works legally if the alleged offence didn't take place in Latvia"  
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"6/ He claims that "Finland Moldova and Poland are attacking us with regular troops their entire armies not just PMC mercenary units while Kazakhstan Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are conducting exercises led by British intelligence against Russia.""  
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"Let's not beat about the bush: you wouldn't build something this big and with this kind of throw weight and range unless you wanted to have the option of having a near-ICBM with MIRVed nuclear warheads. South Korea could develop them very quickly if needed"  
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